[Leica] IMG: 6x17 Portrait

[Richard Man]

Three! :-)

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Richard,
> You have two natural models in the family now! Lovely portrait!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 7:08 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
> > I mostly photograph with 4x5 and 617, and there aren't many "magic lens".
> > Oh sure you have 150 APO Sironar S or the Super Symmar XL, or the Gold
> > Dagor, but in the end, one stands alone (*) :-) - the Cooke PS945, which
> > recreates the look of the legendary Pinkham and Smith Visual Quality IV
> > lens. Most of my 4x5 portraits are taken with the lens.
> >
> > I checked that the image circle should cover 617, and indeed it does.
> There
> > is hardly any light by the time I set up the camera, so this is about F5,
> > but the bokeh is oh so smooth.
> >
> > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20151104-Scanned-1283.jpg
> >
> > Shen Hao 617, Ektar 100 (why EKtar? Because I have a 617 frame left on
> the
> > roll, normally I use Portra 160 for portraits...), Cooke PS945
> >
> > (*) I am being hyperbole
> >
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